Yes, contemporary hip-hop has been slaughtered by mumble rap, screaming and dumb-ass rap lyrics (see “Bad and Boujee,” “Panda” and “Bodak Yellow”—coincidentally, songs that I love, but SHE used to have both banging beats and a hot lyrical game).

Yet, all is not lost.

On Thursday, two of rap’s pioneers—Black Thought of the legendary Roots crew and Method Man of the mighty Wu-Tang Clan—appeared on Sway in the Morning to promote HBO’s new series The Deuce, in which they both play pimps (eh).